#Talmud=Leaven

[hiddurmitzvah]

Matzah holder with seder plate from the collection of the Hungarian Ethnographic Museum

This stand, carved from tropical wood and covered with embroidered textile sheets, was collected by Gyula Grünbaum in Sopronkeresztúron (now Deutschkreutz, Austria) in 1913. From the 17th century onwards, important Jewish communities were established in the seven field towns of the Esterházy estate. The famous Talmudic school of Sopronkeresztúr, known in Hebrew as Zelem, attracted young people from far and wide. Most of the Jewish objects in the Ethnographic Museum come from this village. In the early 1910s, Grünbaum collected ritual objects in Sopronkeresztúr that were rarely or never used by the Jewish community. Both the changing customs in the traditionalist settlement and the worn condition of the objects could have justified their sale.

Four carved columns hold the three shelves for the maces and the fourth, upper shelf, the 'seder tray', which holds six bowls on legs for ritual food. On the textile covering are embroidered Torah quotations in Hebrew for the Passover feast: "And the people carried their dough before it was boiled, tying their pots into their clothes on their shoulders." (Exodus 12:34) "And they baked the dough, (...) a leavened cakes" (Exodus 12:39) "And they ate the flesh that night, roasting it on the fire, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs." (Exodus 12:8).

#seder plate #seder #judaica #jewish tradition #art

[ouroboros8ontology]

So onerous did these recurrent accusations become that the rabbis of the Middle Ages found it necessary—forced to this step, no doubt, by Jewish public opinion—to suspend some of these customs. In the case of the clod-throwing, though “many were obliged to disregard the usage for fear that the Gentiles would accuse them of sorcery,” custom was proof against fear. But in other instances fear triumphed. The mourning rights of “binding the head” and “overturning the bed” lapsed during the Middle Ages for this reason. In Talmudic times fear of the same accusation had led Jewish authorities to excuse the head of the household from the rite of “searching out the leaven” on the eve of the Passover in places owned in common with a non-Jew; during the Middle Ages there was a strong but unsuccessful agitation to suspend this rite altogether, even indoors, “because we have Gentile serving-girls in our homes” who might spread the alarm. In Provence, however, the ritual cleansing of the public oven in preparation for Passover baking was neglected “because of the Gentiles’ suspicion of sorcery.” When a fire broke out in a Jewish house its owner dared expect little mercy from the mob, for he was a sorcerer seeking to destroy Christendom, and his punishment was commonly simultaneous with his crime. The rabbis of the time were unusually tolerant about violations of the prohibition to put out fires on the Sabbath and on the Dayof Atonement. At the slightest danger they set this prohibition aside, “for this is a matter of life and death, since they accuse us and persecute us.” We read of a lamb, slaughtered in fulfillment of a ritual obligation, which was cut up and buried secretly in sections, “so that the matter may not become known and they say, ‘it was done for magical ends.’” To such measures were Jews driven by fear of arousing the suspicions of their neighbors.

Joshua Trachtenberg, Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion; The Legend of Jewish Sorcery

#joshua trachtenberg #jewish magic and superstition #jewish magic and superstition: a study in folk religion #the legend of jewish sorcery #antisemitism

[monsooninn]

Berakhot Daf 2a, "The Man in the Red Hat." From the Holy Talmud, "the Blessings Folio."

The Talmud is a series of arguments about the nature of "confusion" and "learnedness" in mankind. It dates from the Occupation period around 350 CE and ranges as far as 500 CE. There are 2711 pages, and the subject matter is spread out if folios with an a portion and a b portion throughout the text.

The first folio is of great importance to my work, so I am pleased to share it with you in an unencrypted Midrash format:

Talmud means to learn, the contents called Mishnah, "to leaven with oil."

The verb משח (mashah) means to anoint, or even more general: to spread a liquid. In Jeremiah 22:14 the prophet speaks of "painting" a house bright red. In Isaiah 21:5 shield are "oiled". In Exodus 29:2 ritualistic unleavened cakes are "oiled".

Berakhot Daf 2a, “The Man in the Red Hat.”

Why did Korin broadcast "Shema" in Arabin? - From the hour that the priests enter to eat their offering until the end of the first Ashmurah, Rabbi Eliezer's words.

And the wise say: Until midnight.

Rabbi Gamliel says: Until the pillar of darkness rises.

Korin="The Partridge Caller",

Root קרר (qarar) means to cool off in a thermodynamic sense: to go from hot gas to cool liquid to a cold solid. Socially this would describe warring tribes "cooling off" into culturally compatible peoples and liquid trading networks and ultimately the formation of cities and solid nations. Intellectually, diverse viewpoints might congeal into local conventions and ultimately a global standard.

Shema= understand! And obey!

Arabin= in a tricky format

Ashmurah= to watch for the end of despair with happiness

Rabbi Eliezer= to invite God's help through instruction

Why would one write a scripture intended to end confusion draft it in a format that is nothing but confusion? To understand this, first we need to know what is confusing about the nature of our desires and efforts. Why do we choose the things we do?

To illuminate this we are going to need Gematria:

For the passage "From the hour that the priests enter to eat their offering until the end of the first Ashmurah, Rabbi Eliezer's words. And the wise say: Until midnight. Rabbi Gamliel says: Until the pillar of darkness rises" the value is 9458, or טדה‎‎ח, "tedah", "the desire for ted or theodore, "what is God given."

What is God Given always anuniciates itself at midnight; that is the time the Black Pillar lifts and the sun comes up; it is not quite Mashiach but the dawn-of-the-recognition-of-the-darkness just before the sun comes up:

"Before the exodus from Egypt, G‑d told Moses that He would deliver the final blow to the Egyptians, the Plague of the Firstborn, exactly at midnight. The Zohar explains that midnight also became the defining moment of freedom for the Jews. Although they did not physically leave until the next morning, they became spiritually free exactly at the moment of midnight."

To recognize one's desires and decisions have resulted in ruin is to endure up until a few minutes till midnight, when God is finally able to set us free with the logic of the Torah and perform the Deed which is the beginning of all deeds:

Deed and his sons came from the house of feasting, they told him: We did not broadcast "Shema".

He said to them: If the black pillar does not go up, you will have to die. And this was not the only thing they said, but everything that the wise said until midnight of their commandments, until the pillar of darkness rises;

There is no reason we need a midnight or a dawn or to define what is Egypt and what is Israel. This is an utterly pointless debate. Mankind should not be engaged in warm apartheid, name calling, watching the soil, the seas, and the skies perish.

As the Talmud says, if the Deed is not moral, then the outcome will be death. The end of Judaism is the darkest of all the immoral deeds, as explained in the following:

"The verb עשה ('asa I) is the common Hebrew verb to do or make. It should be distinguished from the verbs ברא (bara) meaning to create something that wasn't there before, יצר (yasar), meaning to fashion something that was already there in some rudimentary form, and פעל (pa'al), which tends to describe one's moral deeds.

The verb עשה ('asa) differs additionally in that this verb allows the making of some kind of deed (hence: doing), such as a commandment.

Apart from conveying the meanings contained in our English verb "to do", this wonderful verb works like a virtual engine in a wide range of expressions: do mightily, do efficiently, do a work, exercise power or sovereignty, do evil, do kindness, to deal with, etcetera.

The verb is also used to mean to make or fashion, to bring about something, to destroy something, to produce something, to prepare, to attend, to observe or celebrate, to acquire, to appoint, ordain or institute, to use or to spend."

So when the Man in the Red Hat, the Messenger, says "shema!" comprehend, this is supposed to signal the end of midnight, of the Black Pillar of Ignorance that is clouding our judgement about just about everything that is happening to us.

The Gematria for the final section above is 11563, אאהוג‎ , "I love it" which ties to "to want what God has given" which means:

"It is just that...for this sliver of time out of eternity, He has granted humankind free will and placed His world in our hands."

SO when will things cool off, when will they come together and ordinary life begin for all of us? Are we even living in anticipation of it as the Talmud says we must, or are we just waiting to die instead?

"A man leaves Shabbos Dinner and finds the world is still in disarray." Why won't the world obey? This is the perfect question.

[nijjhar]

Spiritually dead University Theologians have no idea of God, the Middle ... Spiritually dead University Theologians have no idea of God, the Middle Candle of Menorah. https://youtu.be/kQ4gikCkWp8 Last Sunday 15/01/2023 to enjoy the Feast and I noticed in the Chapel Six big candles and no large and thick Candle of Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc. bigger than the six of Yahweh. It is from this Bigger Candle of Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc. the other six candles (David's Cross of works) are lit. Instead of the Middle Candle of God, they put a metal icon of Christ Jesus. How could the dead icon light the Candles? Then, they were standing before the wooden idol with folded hands and praying as if that special wood is God. It is the same wood we burn but the artisans have carved it into idols and made it worshipful. By worshipping the dead wooden gods they have forgotten the living God within themselves who could teach them the Gospel Truth through logical reasoning. But such spiritually dead theologians are incapable of taking the New Wine on top of the old dead letters wine, the Jewish Leaven forbidden by Christ Jesus. Whilst the Gnostics are living Christs of our living Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc. But the ears of University Professors of Theology are waxed more than those of the Jerusalem University - Matt 12v43-45. So, do not think that such University Theologians are more knowledgeable than the illiterate Shepherds looking after their sheep and possessed New Skin capable of holding the New Wine and the Good News of the birth of Jesus with Christ in his heart was broken to the Shepherds and not to the deaf and dumb university theologians of dead letters. The holy spirit is nothing else than "common sense", which in Punjabi is called "SURTTI". How spiritually blind they are that they do not know our Father lives in His Temple and is not alienated in heaven Yahweh, Brahma, Khuda, etc., the creator of Pots, our physical body and he is the demiurge. Our Supernatural Father stands for RIGHTEOUSNESS and no wonder most countries are corrupt. Much more in my other 8300 videos and in the seminars if you are interested. Holy spirit, common sense, shatters the fetters of the dead letters, the Holy Books. JESUS HAD NO ONCE-BORN DISCIPLES BUT THE TWICE-BORN LABOURERS. His twice-born Labouring Solitary Brethren/Friends were called “Talmudism or Sikhs” and not the once-born natural disciples of the crook Rabbis who disciplined them through the moral laws of Moses. These Rabbinic Disciples did what their Rabbis told them to do – Once-born Hindu/Jew being the Disciples of their Brahmin/Rabbi, they are spiritually blind – HINDU ANAH. Thus, Saul being the Disciple of Rabbi Gamaliel did obey him obediently as required of him and persecuted the Labourers of Jesus but in his own heart or sub-conscience, he was not happy. For the Disciples doing what their Rabbis tell them to do, they are called spiritually blind with no Freedom or Freewill. Thus, the substitutes “Disciple and Lord” are the corruptions by the Messianic Jews to set up the same Temple system from the yoke of which Jesus set us FREE by giving his own life as the Lamb of God. Or these robed hireling Dog-Collared Priests in the Churches of Mammon have fulfilled Matt. 12v43-45 making the situation worse than before the arrival of Jesus, the First anointed Christ of our Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc.: BIRTH OF JOHN, THE BAPTIST, AN IDEAL RABBI MATT 13, V52:- https://youtu.be/RNXvv-WwdI4 and the Proofs of the Virgin Birth of Jesus: - www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/bojes.htm The Second coming of Jesus:- Satguru =Christ Nanak:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/550Nanak.htm FAMILY OF OUR SUPERNATURAL FATHER ELOHIM, ALLAH, PARBRAHM, ETC.:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/famofgod.htm Royal Vineyard of our Royal Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc.:- http://www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/vineyard.pdf St. Photina, the Samaritan Woman at well John. Her Five Husbands were spiritual and not physical. Here are their names:- http://www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/photina.htm Luke 8,16-18. Jesus said to the crowd: "No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible when you put the Lamp on the Lampstand, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light such as the blasphemers Tony Blair and Bush that Saddam Hussein had WMD but none were found by a Major General of the British Army but he won’t proclaim the hypocrisy of Blair and Bush. Take care, then, how you hear. To anyone who has, more will be given because he loves exposing the hypocrites such as COE headed by Queen or King who glorify the soldiers who died killing and looting people, and from the one who has not or hides it as this Major General is doing, even what he seems to have will be taken away." www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/bookfin.pdf www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/johnsig.pdf Trinity:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/trinity.pdf

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[eschatologyguy]

TALMUD = LEAVEN

I believe it is the Talmud that the Lord Jesus was referring to as the leaven of the Pharisees. It is the one main thing that is blocking and preventing the Jews from reading what the OT is actually saying because they read it through the lens of the Talmud. All the comments of the ancient rabbis about the Lord Jesus in the Talmud are all derogatory, and no Jew would question their views, therefore perpetuating their erroneous interpretation.

It was understandable that the first century Jewish leaders would doubt the authenticity of the Messiah. If we were in their shoes we could have easily made the same mistake. They knew of Him as a boy growing up estranged from His half-siblings (Psalms 69:8) who I suspect - because of the proddings of gossips and busybodies - believed Him to be a child of another human father. In fact, none of his half siblings believed He was the Messiah until after His resurrection. No one prophecy would have probably allowed the ancient rabbis of the 1st century to identify who the Messiah would be in a definitive way. But one thing In prophecy stands out: the one which gave the date.

Daniel 9:25

"Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven (7) weeks, and threescore (60) and two (2) weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times."

Here we learn that there would be 69 "weeks" from the going forth of the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem. From the terminus a quo or start date of March 14, 445 BC of the very day King Ataxerxes decreed that the Jews in Babylon could go home to rebuild Jerusalem, the ancient rabbis could have counted 69 weeks of years "unto the Messiah the Prince". Sixty-nine weeks of Jewish years would be exactly 173,880 days, which would terminate on August 6, 32AD. And what happened on August 6, 32AD? It was the day of Messiah's entering Jerusalem riding a donkey's foal bringing salvation, just as Zechariah 9:9 predicted. Had the ancient rabbis figured out Daniel 9:25, they could have just waited at Jerusalem's gates to see who would drop in. But they failed to figure it out. In fact, THEY WERE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT KNOWING THE TIME OF THEIR VISITATION.

Luke 19:41-44

"And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, AT LEAST IN THIS THY DAY, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are HID from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; BECAUSE THOU KNEWEST NOT THE TIME OF THY VISITATION."

Yes, this is what this passage is really talking about. Another thing: here you have Zechariah 9:9 predicting the Messiah coming into the holy city on a foal of a donkey. Then you have other passages that predict the coming of a warring Messiah on a white horse judging the nations. Reading the Torah and the Tanakh through the lens of the Talmud would give the reader the conclusion that these are two different people. But reading the Old Testament without using the lens of the Talmud would give the reader of today a hint that it would be one Messiah coming twice. Why? Because the ancient rabbis in the Talmud have already given their opinions on the matter, and no Jew would dare question it. In the Talmud you can read what the ancient rabbis think about Yeshua - all of them derogatory - because what transpired contradicted their own interpretations.

But one Messiah coming twice?

Hosea 5:15

"I will go and return to My place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek My face: in their affliction they will seek Me [earnestly]."

How could "He" RETURN to His place if He had not left it first? And what SINGULAR OFFENCE could this verse be talking about? And what AFFLICTION could this be that would make His chosen people seek him earnestly? Without the Talmud as the lens for reading the OT, Jacob's Trouble or the Great Tribulation would come to mind, which will put the fear of God into every Jew. The Talmud is what Christ warned His disciples about as the leaven of the Pharisees, which is what is blinding the Jewish rabbis of today from seeing what the text of God's word is really saying and, as a result, ultimately holding Israelis back from accepting the Jewish Messiah. The date of Messiah's reconciliation with the remnant of Israel is laid out in Hosea 6:1-2.

Hosea 6:1-2

"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. AFTER TWO DAYS will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight."

Two "days", two thousand Jewish years or 720,000 days from the smiting of Sept. 6, 70AD (the date the temple was destroyed) and the remnant of the Jewish people are reconciled, just as Zach 12:10b prophesied.

Should you you be able to figure out the date, however, keep it to yourself. But pray Israel figures it out. Why? So that they won't be mislead by the false messiah who will come 7 years earlier. He will be able to deliver a global peace (Micah 5:5, Dan 9:27), which for the Jews is a messianic sign. Those who will be following that global leader will be taking his mark, and we all know what that means. By the way, the generation who witnessed the re-establishment of the state of Israel as seven-year-olds? They will be turning 100 by the time the Great Reconciliation of Hosea 6:1-2 takes place. And ALL the land God promised to Abraham's seed will finally go to them (Obadiah 1:7-21), from the Nile to the Euphrates (Gen 15:18), under the able rule of the King of Kings.

#Talmud=Leaven

[girlactionfigure]

This was written by a Rabbi Aaron Issachar Davids in Bergen Belsen 1943. The night of Passover, a group of Jews thought they should not to eat bread that night. The Rabbi explained to them, that their requirement was to do what they can to remain alive. In order to convince them, the Rabbi took a piece of bread made the blessing over bread and ate it in front of them. Before he put the bread in his mouth, he said this prayer that he had written together with other Rabbis from Holland.

Translation: Before eating leavened bread, say [this] with an heartfelt intent: 

Our Father in heaven, behold it is revealed and known before you that our will [is] to do your will and celebrate the holiday of Passover with the eating of unleavened bread (Matzah) and with guarding from leavened bread (Chametz). However on this [matter] our hearts are anguished: that the subjugation prevents us and we are found in a life-threatening [situation]. Behold [here] we are prepared and ready to fulfill Your commandment "and live in them (*)" (Lev. 18:5) and to guard Your warning "guard yourself and guard your soul well (Deut. 4:9)". Therefore, our prayer to You, [is] that You give us life, and maintain us, and redeem us speedily [in order] to keep Your statutes and to do Your Will and to serve You with complete hearts. Amen.

(*)and not that he die in them

The asterisk refers to the Talmudic lesson that is derived from the verse in Lev. 18:5. "And live in them" implies that one should not die in them. Them over here meaning, the commandments. It's the imperative to only follow the commands if they don't cause life-endangerment (with some exceptions).

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath

#Pesach #bergen belsen #1943

[totallyjewishtravel]

5 MYTHS ABOUT PASSOVER

Passover program is a derivative program of the usual Friday night gathering of the Jews around the world to a Passover seder where the story retelling takes place of the Israelite Exodus from Egypt took in the Torah, along with this a lot of wine is also consumed and big meal which has similar symbolizing food items. This is hands down considered as that Jewish holiday where more than 70 percent of Jews takes place in this religiously significant event and later be the part of a seder each year. Given the popularity of the Passover and how beloved it is (it may last up to eight days in the Diaspora), there will be no surprise when we tell you that there are various doubts, myths, and misunderstandings surrounding its history and the practice which is followed. Let’s talk about the most popular 5 myths about Passover:

NARRATION OF THE HISTORICAL STORY BY THE SEDER REGARDING THE ISRAELITES GOING FROM EGYPT

Looking at the various religious perspectives from the sides of Jewish as well as Christian you can get to know that the story of Exodus is a faithful narration of historical fact. To understand that, consider that Jewish literalists, Rabbi Yirmiyahu Ullman from Ohr Somayach Orthodox outreach networks stand true with his belief regarding the story of Sinai revelation. Although the entire religion tends to be predicated towards this mass-revelation and no convincing could ever be made for the whole nation in accepting the religion based on such dubious experience that never faced by anyone else before. But when the exodus is looked at from the reference of the history, it becomes a hotly debated topic amongst most of the scholars since there is no such evidence present there to back this fact and despite the best efforts of Archaeologists and Egyptologists it was never found where a direct connection could be made from the Israelites enslavement or departure of any large group of people.

JEWISH TRADITION IS THE ONLY WAY OF SEDER

All thanks to the Torah that we were introduced to the clear out leaven for the week of Passover program and consume unleavened bread, slaughter the paschal lamb and take it with matzah and bitter herbs and to further make our children aware of this story. Apart from this, few more elements in today’s date of Seder are evident in the Mishnah and the Talmud, and the introduction to the holiday meal is usually spotted around as a process which Jewish and natural. When we get in touch with scholars, they’ll let us know that there is an argument regarding the Seder being based on the Greco-Roman model of the symposium along with many other things which will be familiar sounding to anyone who has been an active member of the Passover celebration where it was seen that a banquet is framed with an individual appetizer, eating position was reclined, consuming a predetermined amount of wine cups, singing the songs of praises and had easy access to the questions.

JESUS HAD THEIR LAST SUPPER IN THE FORM OF PASSOVER SEDER

It is a story known that the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke assert that the last supper was there on the first night of Passover. Similarly, most of the Christians are attracted to this traditional keen observance; few of the churches still hold the Christian seders for putting in the attempt to carry out their religious practice of Jesus.

However, this will be an unlike fact that Jesus participated in a Seder. The temple which has raised after the first one in Jerusalem had the involvement of eating the paschal sacrifice which would be a slaughtered lamb. However, the same temple was destroyed several decades after Jesus’ death.

THE SEDERS AND THE FOUR QUESTIONS ASKING

Most of the Jews got to learn the four questions when they were still the kids so that it could be learned by heart with a familiar tune. The questions which generally rises once the storytelling started of the Exodus are whether they are often considered the heart of the service. But on giving a closer look at the Haggadah, there is only one main question: “why is this night different from all other nights?”

PASSOVER PROGRAM IS RESTRICTED TO FEW AVOIDING LIST OF FOODS BY JEWS

It is well known that the Jewish Law doesn’t allow the consumption of chametz at Passover such as food made from wheat, barley, rye, oats or spelt which has already fermented or risen. This is one of the mainstays in Passover 101 articles. What is usually leftovers is the extent of everyday items of chametz and is not restricted to the bread, pasta, cookies, cakes, and beer. Few more additions in it will be soy sauce along with the wheat or vinegar-based on the wheat or the processed foods having a huge range of additives.

[joshiesjourney]

Pesach II

Part two! 

First things first, here’s a vocab list for Passover

This post I would like to structure according to my plans for all holidays:

1. Summary: 

Pesach (Passover) is a holiday to celebrate and commemorate the delivery of the jewish people from Ancient Egypt where they were enslaved, following the ten plagues God brought upon them. 

2. What it’s based on: 

The holiday is based on this story: 

The jewish people were enslaved by the Egyptians while they were residing in their land. Moses, a levite, survives Pharaoh’s attempt to kill all newborn Hebrew boys as he is adopted into the family of the Pharaoh. He grows up unaware of his heritage, but when he rises to the defense of a Hebrew man who is being beaten by an Egyptian overseer and kills the overseer, he is forced to flee Egypt to the land of Midian. 

God speaks to Moses through a bush engulfed in fire that is not burning and he sends him back to Egypt to lead his kindred out of bondage. He meets up with his brother Aaron, who acts as a speaker. Pharaoh refuses to let them go and increases their work load. Through Aaron, Moses and finally on his own, God performs ten plagues upon Egypt: All water becomes blood, a plague of frogs and then of lice occur, wild animals from all over the world stampede through Egypt, disease epidemics strike the animals, boils strike the humans, hail destroys the land, locust swarms consume what is left and finally the world is shrouded in darkness for three days and nights. The last plague is the death of the firstborn son of every Egyptian household, paralleling the killing of the Hebrew infants.

Moses finally can leave, leading his people out of Egypt, however Pharaoh follows them with his army. The climax of the story is the splitting of the Reed Sea, permitting them to pass through and getting the Egyptians stuck/drowning them (depending on translation and interpretation). 

3. How celebrate: 

Passover goes from 15th of Nisan to 21st/22nd of Nisan, depending on location and part of judaism. 

Leading up to Pesach there is the custom some jewish people follow to remove all chametz (leavened bread) from their house and deep clean it to ensure they follow this mitzvah.

On the 14th (or 13th, if the 14th is on Shabbat) there is the mitzvah for the first born child to fast. 

On the 15th (or 15th and 16th in some communities) it is custom to have a family Seder (order, arrangement). Here are some things about the Seder that I learned from this resource: 

The seder follows an outline given by the Haggadah. Different haggadot exist and different denominations of Judaism will have different expectations at theirs. 

The Steps of the Seder

- Order: the Seder has 15 steps, outlined by the Haggadah, same as the 15 steps leading up to the Temple. It is argued that following these steps brings you to a spiritual goal in the same way.

- The fifteen Simanim (Symbols): The system outlining the Seder is actually attributed to either the biblical commenter Rashi or Rabbi Shmuel Falasse. The steps are:

1. Kadesh - Blessing of the wine and the holiday of Passover, drinking of the wine 2. Urchatz - Rinsing of hands with water but without the bracha over washing hands being spoken 3. Karpas - Dipping a vegetable into saltwater and eating it 4. Yachatz - Breaking of the middle matzah (there are three matzot on the plate), leaving the smaller piece here and hiding the larger for a later step 5. Maggid - People are invited to join the Seder and the Four Questions are asked. The Exodus is retold, the mitzvot that make Pesach special are noted, thanks is given to God and another cup of wine is drunk 6. Rachtzah - Before eating matzah the hands are washed again, this time with the blessing 7. Motzi - Blessing (Hamotzi) of the bread while holding the matzah with all ten fingers 8. Matzah - Eating the matzah in a reclined position, indicating the splendor of this meaningful night 9. Maror - Eating of bitter herbs (generally a bitter veggie like horseradish) in rememberance of the bitterness of exile 10. Korech - A sandwich of matzah with bitter herbs is eaten, combining the bitterness of bondage with the glory of freedom 11. Shulchan Orech - Feasting time to celebrate the night 12. Tzafun - Meaning “hidden”, the matzah piece from earlier is brought out again, eaten as the last food of the night 13. Barech - Grace after meals, Bricat HaMazon is recited, drink another cup of wine 14. Hallel - A song to praise and thank the Lord, drink the last cup of wine 15. Nirtzah - The conclusion of the evening, to work towards new good things in the year to come.

- The Seder plate contents:

1. K’arah - The plate itself 2. Zero’ah - The roasted bone (customarily a chicken bone with some meat. Not eaten. At the times of the Temple in Jerusalem Korban Pesach (Pascal lamb) was roasted and the last thing to be eaten at Pesach) 3. Beitzah - (meaning egg) The Chagigah was customarily brought as the main meat of the Seder, today it is replaced with an egg (a symbol of mourning, for the destruction of the Temple) 4. Maror and chazeret - Bitter herbs, often maror is horseradish and chazeret is romaine salad 5. Charoset -  Nuts, apples, wine, and cinnamon (aka allergy on a plate) as a reminder of the hard work the jewish people did in Egypt with brick and mortar 6. Karpas - A non bitter vegetable 7. Matzah - The unleavened bread, either right above or right below the Seder plate

4. Deeper Meaning

a) The Goals of the passover Seder

- Telling the events: It is a mitzvah to remember the Exodus and pass it’s knowledge on to the next generation. This story is said to have been told over and over from the time it happened to today - with even haggadot dating back to the middle ages having been found - It keeps the historic memory alive

- Instilling faith: Not only do you tell the story for history’s sake, you use the story telling to remind each other of God’s existence and presence, highlighting the divine intervention that is considered the basic foundation of the jewish belief in God. Through the Seder this knowledge and faith is handed on to the children.  By hearing a story where God controls the world and nature rather than being a passive player or philosophically considering God, the divine presence becomes more grippable, more understandable to anyone.  But what does it mean to have faith?  It is interpreted here that in Judaism, simply believing is not enough, showing is important. In order to truly have a connection to God, as it is obligatory, you are expected to live it and express it.  Judaism, from what I have learned and gathered so far, believes very strongly in actions over words, let alone thoughts. Your actions define how others perceive you and mold your spiritual experience in return. Confirming what you believe with actions feeds the faith in return. 

-Experiencing freedom: In this feast, it is obligatory to consider the Exodus as if oneself had been part of it, making the story personal to each individual hearing it.  This part, where we are obligated by Haggadah and Talmud to view it as if we personally had been part of the Exodus in spirit and soul, is where the idea of the jewish soul comes from: a concept where it is said that all jewish people, including those yet to be born, were present at Mt. Sinai and that people who are meant to become jewish will feel a calling. (Something that to some extend I believe I experience.)  Back on topic, by making this a personal experience this source argues that there are two Exodus’ that occur during the Seder: the historical and the spiritual one that occurs every single year during Passover. It is meant to be an experience of the Exodus, allowing for redemption for all who participate. 

- Thanksgiving: In light of the question “what if God hadn’t taken us from Egypt” a grim probability opens up; one where the jewish people dwindle out of existence. It is a sobering thought that inspires gratitude. By acknowledging what was done with Dayeinu (”Would have been enough”) it instills a kind of gratitude that is often missing: appreciation of what you have, even if you wish you had more. Appreciation for the existence of a jewish nation and the spiritual freedom God has given.

b) Making Seder meaningful

- Setting the mood: First of all, hospitality goes above all on Pesach. Customarily the poor and the needy would be invited in, today often a big celebration is made where people from family and beyond are invited.  Make it special by using the best cloths, cutlery and plates that are specifically for Passover, reclining to demonstrate the freedom they have. 

- Piquing the interest of the children: Quite a few things are different on this night than usual (no blessing before washing the hands the first time, hiding the matzah) and it is encouraged for the leader of the Seder to mix things up to keep the children asking questions, the most important thing of all. A curious child can learn. A bored child will not.  This holiday is about passing the story of Exodus, the experience of Exodus on.

- The question and answer format: The question “Why is this night different from all other nights?” begins the Haggadah, it is there to make people question the Exodus. It is obligatory to ask it, even if one is alone, so that people start to think and question. Questions are a void that demands filling with answers, inviting learning. 

- Tailoring education: The haggadah speaks of four children; the wise, the wicked and the one who does not know how to ask. They represent four ways of educating the next generation, four ways of learning. It is important to make the Haggadah accessible, picking a language everyone speaks and changing things up where needed. 

c) Pesach Sacrifice, Matzah and Maror

Without the Temple, there is no Pesach Sacrifice anymore, so it was replaced with a piece of bone with meat on it. Matzah and Maror however are still very much part of the Pesach experience. 

Pesach Sacrifice:  It signifies the blood that was used to mark the door frames and make God pass over the Hebrew housings during the Exodus, but it also signifies thanks to God for the miraculous birth of the jewish nation. They chose God’s protection and followed God’s plan, leading them to the state of Exodus. 

Matzah:  Symbolizing the haste that was present when leaving Egypt, not even having time to let the bread rise. It’s unleavened state, which demands haste and enthusiasm to make rather than passiveness symbolizes striving for good and bettering. 

Maror: Symbolizing the bitterness of bondage, Maror reminds of the bad that was left behind. The hardship though did form the jewish nation in the end, creating an environment and a people that were willing to accept the freedom, motivating them to pursue betterment. 

d) The Four Cups of Wine 

Mirroring the four stages of Redemption (‘I brought forth,’ ‘I saved,’ ‘I redeemed,’ and ‘I took’) the four cups represent the divine presence coming into the world and bettering it, changing it. Even in Eden there were four branches of the river, the number four having a lot of symbolism and significance. 

There is a fifth cup that is not drunk during the Seder, the Cup of Elijah. It symbolizes the coming of the Messiah, cumstomarily the door is also opened to invite him in.  This is the fifth redemption: the redemption in the future. 

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Thank you for taking the time to write this out. I searched for Jewish texts timelines. The Talmud Yerushalmi and Babylonian Talmud were finished around your given times. I know you said Jesus taught the Mishnah which had to have been made before Christ. I then realized I was thinking all this time I was thinking of the Kabbalah (when I said the old different one). I think this is the one that is not read as much then (but don’t get me wrong it’s interesting)? 

The Kabbalah was also completed in segments finished later on. It is the ideas that had been circulating early on. It was all transmitted orally at first so that’s the reason it is so old. I actually tried to read the Kabbalah once. I started feeling like I was reading about another plane of existence. I was not sure what to think just thought it was interesting. 

By the way the bible records the ancient Pharisees as the ones who wished and brought on the execution of Christ. It does not mean all Jewish people want him dead or even apply to modern Jewish people. In the past there was a time of corruption from power.

Verses.

Bible verses about the corruption of the time (it’s also mentioned outside of the bible).

Mark 12:38-40 And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and he places of honor at feasts, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

Mark 3:2-5 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

Luke 12:1-2 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known”.

Matthew 23:1-8 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. 

Matthew 23:23-24 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! 

Bible verses on their intentions to kill Christ.

Matthew 12:14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him [some versions say kill]. 

Mark 3:6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him .

Luke 6:11 But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 20:19-20 The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 

John 18:12-14 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.

John 19:14-16  Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus.

Bible verses on some the Pharisees who did want to protect Christ (the actions of a few bad apples do not count for the actions of all as others wanted to help). 

Luke 13:31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.

I have another Tehilim. 

Psalm 110:1 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”

Matthew 22:41-46 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’? If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

God the son taking on flesh.

God is a spirit who can do anything. “The truth that it is only God the Son who became incarnate is taught, for example, in John 1:14, which says ‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.’ In context, the Word is God the Son (cf. 1:1, 18, and 3:16). Thus, it wasn’t the Father or the Holy Spirit who became man, but God the Son”. The word of God is the son of God and also in essence the very character of God. Feel free to read more about it here.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 14:9-10 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father [the will, the words, the essence of the will of God. In human terms “his walk and talk are in Christ”]. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us [notice the plural] make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

The Holy spirit is in the Old Testament or Torah. Isaiah 32:15 till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest. 

Rosh Hashana.

I did a quick search seeing it refers to the "beginning of the year" and “symbolizes a number of subjects, such as the Binding of Isaac whereby a ram was sacrificed instead of Isaac (like Christ was sacrificed ! That’s awesome. What a parallel)”. 

Islamic texts.

The Quran and Hadith and texts literally calls for the execution of the Jewish people... I thought all the wars in Israel against Syria, Turkey and Pakistan was because there are those who want the Holy land and have no concern for Jewish people. The only Muslim person I have ever met I asked him “How do you feel about Jewish people?”. He said “I don’t like them. They did terrible things in my homeland”. I was like “Seriously?! You can’t generalize. It’s also a complicated issue”. I left it at that. 

Muslim: Sahih al-Bukhari Book 53 Hadith 392

While we were in the Mosque, the Prophet came out and said, "Let us go to the Jews" We went out till we reached Bait-ul-Midras. He said to them, "If you embrace Islam, you will be safe. You should know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle, and I want to expel you from this land. So, if anyone amongst you owns some property, he is permitted to sell it, otherwise you should know that the Earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle." Source.

Muslim: Sahih al-Bukhari Book 56 Hadith 791

I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The Jews will fight with you, and you will be given victory over them so that a stone will say, 'O Muslim! There is a Jew behind me; kill him!' " Source.

Muslim: The last words of Muhammad before he died. Sahih al-Bukhari Book 23 Hadith 414.

Aisha said, "The Prophet in his fatal illness said, 'Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians because they took the graves of their Prophets as places for praying."' Aisha added, "Had it not been for that the grave of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) would have been made prominent but I am afraid it might be taken (as a) place for praying. Source. 

Feel free to check and double check. I mean even a context for these would not justify it for me. Well you let me know how you feel about these after doing your checks research. The worst is against Jewish people after all... 

In contrast in the bible Jesus said He wanted God the Father to forgive all those who wronged him. 

Luke 23:34 And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Romans.

I mentioned before all the verses that pointed to the execution of Christ in the bible. I know the Romans played a major role (as previously shown in the bible). It’s a history in which Jesus wanted all those who wronged him to be forgiven. 

Nazis.

That’s exactly my point. They dehumanized and felt racially superior. 

Catholics.

Catholics are Christians the same way Christians are Jewish people. I’ve seen people say “Christian and Jewish are the same thing both Abrahamic”. It’s the same of Catholics “Catholics and Christians are the same both believe in the Christ”. So the day you start calling Christians Jewish is the day I call Catholics Christians. I hope now you understand why I emphasize the difference. 

Country.

I’m not from the USA. I am from the West. Persecution is rising in the West. It’s starting with dramatic restrictions.

Lauren Southern is a female self proclaimed Christian Canadian Youtuber. She had seen many articles going around claiming Jesus Christ was gay. It made her want to do an experiment to see if this is a double standard only against Christians. She wanted to know if there was Christian oppression while others get a pass. In her pursuit she took to the streets to hand out flyers saying “Allah is gay and accepts homosexuality” (which is in a video on her Youtube). It wasn’t the nicest thing even though when she felt offended by the articles she thought there might be a double standard. Well it made some people upset enough to call the cops so she stopped handing out flyers concluding the experiment. She thought it was done there until she tried to travel to the UK. The moment she arrived in the UK she was detained and told “You do not have the right to remain silent”. Interrogated for hours they were asking her “how strongly she holds to Christianity”. She said she believes so they banned her from the country permanently. 

Judaism.

You’re right I don’t know a whole lot about Judaism other than the Torah (and the little bit of the Kabbalah). Jesus was executed in it just shows his historical foundation even in Jewish texts. It seems I must have misrepresented some things such as the information on the Talmud. I learned something. 

One thing I have known about the messiah. The one who came to forgive the sinners or to mend the broken that all “may have life and have it abundantly”. 

God bless. I hope for you to have life more abundantly. 

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Passover Kosher Programs and Right Destinations for Travel

The purpose of the Jewish Passover Programs is to remind the Jewish people of the bitterness of slavery. The Israelites hurried out of Egypt, baking provisions to take along with them. They ate only unleavened bread. Observant Jewish do not eat any leavened grain during this period, and they also purge their homes of all grains. Because the act of leavening and fermentation is forbidden during this time, grains and bread are considered chametz, or prohibited. The duration of the holiday varies depending on the Jewish religion. Orthodox and Conservative versions last for eight days while Reform-observant versions last seven or eight. The first and last days are major holidays. During the week, you can go to work or other activities but you can't eat chametz. The orange is a symbol of fruitfulness for all Jewish, and many of us have seen it as a way to make ourselves feel good during this time.

The story of Passover begins in the book of Exodus, more than 3,000 years ago. The Hebrews were slaves in Egypt, and they were suffering under the brutal rule of the pharaoh, who may have been Ramses II, who ruled Egypt from 1290 to 1223 BCE. The pharaoh issued a decree to kill all of the Jewish, starting with their newborns.

The first part of the celebration is the seder. During this time, a group of people sit around a table and retell the story of their exodus from slavery. The seder is not simply a recitation of the story, but also a gathering of people who want to recall this experience and pass it down to the next generation. For this reason, it's difficult to imagine outsiders participating in this Jewish celebration.

Modern biblical scholars question the origin of the Jewish Passover, believing that the event was not universally celebrated in ancient Judah. In fact, the Bible only mentions the holiday two times in the Kingdom of Judah, and traces its origins to a time when God released the Israelites from slavery. In the same way, the Jewish Passover is different from all other nights, including the plague of the firstborn.

The Seder is a ritual packed with traditions. During the Passover seder, the only bread allowed is matzah, a traditional, wheat-based bread. The bread's simple ingredients capture the symbolism of the Passover story, representing the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt. The Seder is a religious and symbolic feast, and the seder is a key component of Jewish Passover. The meal lasts for three days and is followed by a feast that includes the chametz.

Traditionally, the seder is held on the 15th day of Nisan, a month in the Gregorian calendar. The seder is held on the evening of the 14th day, and the meal is eaten on the 15th day. The festival begins with a ritual meal called a seder, which is a meal of mutton, lamb, and vegetables. This meal is often followed by a special dessert, which is usually accompanied by wine.

The seder is the most complex Jewish ritual, and takes place on the first two nights of Passover. The seder is one of the most important events in the Jewish calendar. It is the beginning of eight days of dietary restrictions, including the consumption of bitter herbs and reciting passages from the Talmud in a foreign language. In addition to the traditional meal, there are several other customs that are important to the Jewish Passover.

The seder is an important part of the Jewish holiday. The seder is a feast of many foods, but the most important thing during the seder is the seder itself. It is an important time to remember the first couple of days of Passover. A Jewish Passover begins on the fifteenth day of Nissan, which is the first day of the festival. The seder is a sacred feast in the Jewish calendar, and it marks the beginning of the new year.

Passover is the most important holiday in the Jewish calendar, and it is the biggest holiday for Jewish. The Jewish celebrate the Passover story by remembering the Exodus from Egypt. They were enslaved by the Egyptians, and were eventually freed by God. The last plague, though, killed the firstborn male in every household. A Jew's family is obligated to eat matzah during Passover.

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• THE SABBATH

The [Jewish] SABBATH (from Hebrew shavat, “TO REST”) is observed throughout the year on the seventh day of the week—SATURDAY. As we read, learn, see and study [our Bible's] Biblical tradition, it commemorates the ORIGINAL seventh day on which God Almighty rested after completing [the] His Creation.

Apparently according to 'Scholars' , 'Britannica Encyclopedia' , and 'Wikipedia'.... Scholars have not succeeded in tracing the origin of the seven-day week, nor can they account for the origin of the Sabbath. A seven-day week does not accord well with either a solar or a lunar calendar. Some scholars, pointing to the Akkadian term shapattu, suggest a Babylonian origin for the seven-day week and the Sabbath. But shapattu, which refers to the day of the full moon and is nowhere described as a day of rest, has little in common with the Jewish Sabbath. It appears that the notion of the Sabbath as a holy day of rest, linking God to his people and recurring every seventh day, was unique to ancient Israel.

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The central significance of the Sabbath for Judaism is reflected in the traditional commentative and interpretative literature called Talmud and Midrash (e.g., “if you wish to destroy the Jewish people, abolish their Sabbath first”) and in numerous legends and adages from more-recent literature (e.g., “more than Israel kept the Sabbath, the Sabbath kept Israel”). Some of the basic teachings of Judaism affirmed by the Sabbath are God’s acts of creation, God’s role in history, and God’s covenant with Israel. Moreover, the Sabbath is the ONLY Jewish holiday with the observance of which is enjoined by the Ten Commandments. Jews [and Christians] are obligated to SANCTIFY the SABBATH at home and in the synagogue [Church] by observing the SABBATH LAWS and engaging in WORSHIP and STUDY. The leisure hours afforded by the ban against work on the Sabbath were put to good use by the rabbis, who used them to promote intellectual activity and spiritual regeneration among Jews. Other days of rest [as noted and cited from 'Britannica Encyclopedia' and 'Wikipedia'], such as the Roman Catholic Sunday [which Christianity sadly, foolishly and abdominally adopted] and the Islamic Friday, owe their origins to the Jewish Sabbath.

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The biblical ban against work on the Sabbath, while never clearly defined, includes activities such as baking and cooking, travelling, kindling fire, gathering wood, buying and selling, and bearing burdens from one domain into another. The Talmudic rabbis listed 39 major categories of prohibited work, including agricultural activity (e.g., plowing and reaping), work entailed in the manufacture of cloth (e.g., spinning and weaving), work entailed in preparing documents (e.g., writing), and other forms of constructive work.

At home the Sabbath begins Friday evening some 20 minutes before sunset, with the lighting of the Sabbath candles by the wife or, in her absence, by the husband. In the synagogue the Sabbath is ushered in at sunset with the recital of selected psalms and the Lekha Dodi, a 16th-century Kabbalistic (mystical) poem. The refrain of the latter is “Come, my beloved, to meet the bride,” the “bride” being the Sabbath. After the evening service, each Jewish household begins the first of three festive Sabbath meals by reciting the Kiddush (“sanctification” of the Sabbath) over a cup of wine. This is followed by a ritual washing of the hands and the breaking of bread, two loaves of bread (commemorating the double portions of manna described in Exodus) being placed before the breaker of bread at each Sabbath meal. After the festive meal the remainder of the evening is devoted to study or relaxation. The distinctive features of the Sabbath morning synagogue service include the public reading of the Torah, or Five Books of Moses (the portion read varies from week to week), and, generally, the sermon, BOTH of which SERVE to EDUCATE the listeners. Following the service, the second Sabbath meal begins, again preceded by Kiddush (of lesser significance), conforming for the most part to the first Sabbath meal. The afternoon synagogue service is followed by the third festive meal (without Kiddush). After the evening service the Sabbath comes to a close with the havdala (“distinction”) ceremony, which consists of a benediction noting the distinction between Sabbath and weekday, usually recited over a cup of wine accompanied by a spice box and candle.

• THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS:

The major Jewish holidays are the Pilgrim Festivals—Pesaḥ (Passover), Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost), and Sukkoth (Tabernacles)—and the High Holidays—Rosh Hashana (New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). The observance of all the major holidays is required by the Torah and work is prohibited for the duration of the holiday (except on the intermediary days of the Pesaḥ and Sukkoth festivals, when work is permitted to avoid financial loss). Purim (Feast of Lots) and Hanukkah (Feast of Dedication), while not mentioned in the Torah (and therefore of lesser solemnity), were instituted by Jewish authorities in the Persian and Greco-Roman periods. They are sometimes regarded as minor festivals because they lack the work restrictions of the major festivals. In addition, there are the five fasts—ʿAsara be-Ṭevet (Fast of Ṭevet 10), Shivaʿ ʿAsar be-Tammuz (Fast of Tammuz 17), Tisha be-Av (Fast of Av 9), Tzom Gedaliahu (Fast of Gedaliah), and Taʿanit Esther (Fast of Esther)—and the lesser holidays (i.e., holidays the observances of which are few and not always clearly defined)—such as Rosh Ḥodesh (First Day of the Month), Ṭu bi-Shevaṭ (15th of Shevaṭ: New Year for Trees), and Lag ba-ʿOmer (33rd Day of the ʿOmer Counting). The fasts and the lesser holidays, like the minor festivals, lack the work restrictions characteristic of the major festivals. Although some of the fasts and Rosh Ḥodesh are mentioned in Scripture, most of the details concerning their proper observance, as well as those concerning the other lesser holidays, were provided by the Talmudic and medieval rabbis.

• PILGRIM FESTIVALS:

In Temple times, all males were required to appear at the Temple three times annually and actively participate in the festal offerings and celebrations. These were the joyous Pilgrim Festivals of Pesaḥ, Shavuot, and Sukkoth. They originally marked the major agricultural seasons in ancient Israel and commemorated Israel’s early history; but, after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, emphasis was placed almost exclusively on the commemorative aspect.

In modern Israel, Pesaḥ, Shavuot, and Sukkoth are celebrated for seven days, one day, and eight days, respectively (with Shemini Atzeret added to Sukkoth), as prescribed by Scripture. Due to calendrical uncertainties that arose in Second Temple times (6th century BCE to 1st century CE), each festival is celebrated for an additional day in the Diaspora.

Pesaḥ commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and the servitude that preceded it. As such, it is the most significant of the commemorative holidays, for it celebrates the very inception of the Jewish people—i.e., the event which provided the basis for the covenant between God and Israel. The term pesaḥ refers originally to the paschal (Passover) lamb sacrificed on the eve of the Exodus, the blood of which marked the Jewish homes to be spared from God’s plague; its etymological significance, however, remains uncertain. The Hebrew root is usually rendered “passed over”—i.e., God passed over the homes of the Israelites when inflicting the last plague on the Egyptians—hence the term Passover. The festival is also called Ḥag or Matzot (“Festival of Unleavened Bread”), for unleavened bread is the only kind of bread consumed during Passover.

Leaven (seʾor) and foods containing leaven (ḥametz) are neither to be owned nor consumed during Pesaḥ. Aside from meats, fresh fruits, and vegetables, it is customary to consume only food prepared under rabbinic supervision and labelled “kosher for Passover,” warranting that they are completely free of contact with leaven. In many homes, special sets of crockery, cutlery, and cooking utensils are acquired for Passover use. On the evening preceding the 14th day of Nisan, the home is thoroughly searched for any trace of leaven (bediqat ḥametz). The following morning the remaining particles of leaven are destroyed by fire (biʿur ḥametz). From then until after Pesaḥ, no leaven is consumed. Many Jews sell their more valuable leaven products to non-Jews before Passover (mekhirat ḥametz), repurchasing the foodstuffs immediately after the holiday.

The unleavened bread (matzo) consists entirely of flour and water, and great care is taken to prevent any fermentation before baking. Hand-baked matzo is flat, rounded, and perforated. Since the 19th century, many Jews have preferred the square-shaped, machine-made matzo.

Passover eve is ushered in at the synagogue service on the evening before Passover, after which each family partakes of the seder (“order of service”), an elaborate festival meal in which every ritual is regulated by the rabbis. (In the Diaspora the seder is also celebrated on the second evening of Passover.) The table is bedecked with an assortment of foods symbolizing the passage from slavery (e.g., bitter herbs) into freedom (e.g., wine). The Haggada (“Storytelling”), a printed manual comprising appropriate passages culled from Scripture and Talmud and Midrash accompanied by medieval hymns, serves as a guide for the ensuing ceremonies and is recited as the evening proceeds. The seder opens with the cup of sanctification (Kiddush), the first of four cups of wine drunk by the celebrants. An invitation is extended to the needy to join the seder ceremonies, after which the youngest son asks four prescribed questions expressing his surprise at the many departures from usual mealtime procedure. (“How different this night is from all other nights!”) The father then explains that the Jews were once slaves in Egypt, were then liberated by God, and now commemorate the servitude and freedom by means of the seder ceremonies. Special blessings are recited over the unleavened bread and the bitter herbs (maror), after which the main courses are served. The meal closes with a serving of matzo recalling the paschal lamb, consumption of which concluded the meal in Temple times. The seder concludes with the joyous recital of hymns praising God’s glorious acts in history and anticipating a messianic redemption to come.

The Passover liturgy is considerably expanded and includes the daily recitation of Psalms 113–118 (Hallel, “Praise”), public readings from the Torah, and an additional service (musaf). On the first day of Pesaḥ, a prayer for dew in the Holy Land is recited; on the last day, the memorial service for the departed (yizkor) is added.

Originally an agricultural festival marking the wheat harvest, Shavuot commemorates the revelation of the Torah on Mount Sinai. Shavuot (“Weeks”) takes its name from the seven weeks of grain harvest separating Passover and Shavuot. The festival is also called Ḥag ha-Qazir (Harvest Festival) and Yom ha-Bikkurim (Day of First Fruits). Greek-speaking Jews called it pentēkostē, meaning “the fiftieth” day after the sheaf offering. In rabbinic literature, Shavuot is called atzeret (“cessation” or “conclusion”), perhaps because the cessation of work is one of its distinctive features, or possibly because it was viewed as concluding the Passover season. In liturgical texts it is described as the “season of the giving of our Torah.” The association of Shavuot with the revelation at Sinai, while not attested in Scripture, is alluded to in the Pseudepigrapha (a collection of noncanonical writings); in rabbinic literature it first appears in 2nd-century materials. The association, probably an ancient one, was derived in part from the book of Exodus, which dates the revelation at Sinai to the third month (counting from Nisan)—i.e., Sivan.

Scholars state and claim that Scripture does not provide an absolute date for Shavuot. [Read and Study The Book Of Enoch, and The Other Books That Were Removed From From Our Bible's, By The Vatican.. Roman Catholic Church.. The Bishop Centuries and Decades Ago]. So then Instead, 50 days (or seven weeks) are reckoned from the day the sheaf offering (ʿOmer) of the harvest was brought to the Temple, the 50th day being Shavuot. According to the Talmudic rabbis, the sheaf offering was brought on the 16th of Nisan; hence Shavuot always fell on or about the 6th of Sivan. Some Jewish sectarians, such as the Sadducees, rejected the rabbinic tradition concerning the date of the sheaf ceremony, preferring a later date, and celebrated Shavuot accordingly.

In Temple times, aside from the daily offerings, festival offerings, and first-fruit gifts, a special cereal consisting of two breads prepared from the new wheat crop was offered at the Temple. Since the destruction of the Second Temple, Shavuot observances have been dominated by its commemorative aspect. Many Jews spend the entire Shavuot night studying Torah, a custom first mentioned in the Zohar (“Book of Splendour”), a Kabbalistic work edited and published in the 13th–14th centuries. Some prefer to recite the tiqqun lel Shavuʿot (“Shavuot night service”), an anthology of passages from Scripture and the Mishna (the authoritative compilation of the Oral Law). An expanded liturgy includes Hallel, public readings from the Torah, yizkor (in many congregations), and musaf. The Book of Ruth is read at the synagogue service, possibly because of its harvest-season setting.

Sukkoth (“Booths”), an ancient harvest festival that commemorates the booths the Israelites resided in after the Exodus, was the most prominent of the three Pilgrim Festivals in ancient Israel. Also called Ḥag ha-Asif (Festival of Ingathering), it has retained its joyous, festive character through the ages. It begins on Tishri 15 and is celebrated for seven days. The concluding eighth day (plus a ninth day in the Diaspora), Shemini Atzeret, is a separate holiday. In Temple times, each day of Sukkoth had its own prescribed number of sacrificial offerings. Other observances, recorded in the Mishna tractate Sukka, include the daily recitation of Hallel, daily circumambulation of the Temple altar, a daily water libation ceremony, and the nightly bet ha-shoʾeva or bet ha-sheʾuvah (“place of water drawing”) festivities starting on the evening preceding the second day. The last-mentioned observance features torch dancing, flute playing, and other forms of musical and choral entertainment.

[[Sukkah (hut erected for the celebration of Sukkoth) with palm leaves, Herzliya, Israel, 2007.]]

Ideally, Jews are to reside in booths—walled structures covered with thatched roofs—for the duration of the festival; in practice, most observant Jews take their meals in the sukka (“booth”) but reside at home. A palm-tree branch (lulav) bound up together with myrtle (hadas) and willow (ʿarava) branches is held together with a citron (etrog) and waved. Medieval exegetes provided ample (if not always persuasive) justification for the Bible’s choice of these particular branches and fruit as SYMBOLS of REJOICING. The numerous regulations governing the sukka, lulav, and etrog constitute the major portion of the treatment of Sukkoth in the codes of Jewish law. The daily Sukkoth liturgy includes the recitation of Hallel (Psalms, 113–118), public readings from the Torah, the musaf service, and the circumambulation of the synagogue dais. On the last day of Sukkoth, called Hoshana Rabba (Great Hoshana) after the first words of a prayer (hoshana, “save us”) recited then, seven such circumambulations take place. Kabbalistic (mystical) teaching has virtually transformed Hoshana Rabba into a solemn day of judgment.

Hoshana Rabba is followed by Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly), which is celebrated on Tishri 22 (in the Diaspora also Tishri 23). None of the more distinctive Sukkoth observances apply to Shemini Atzeret; but Hallel, public reading from the Torah, yizkor (in many congregations), musaf, and a prayer for rain in the Holy Land are included in its liturgy. Simḥat Torah (Rejoicing of the Law) marks the annual completion of the cycle of public readings from the Torah. The festival originated shortly before the gaonic period (c. 600–1050 CE) in Babylon, where it was customary to conclude the public readings annually. In Palestine, where the public readings were concluded approximately every three years, Simḥat Torah was not celebrated annually until after the gaonic period. Israeli Jews celebrate Simḥat Torah and Shemini Atzeret on the same day; in the Diaspora, Simḥat Torah is celebrated on the second day of Shemini Atzeret. Its joyous celebrations bring the Sukkoth season to an appropriate close.

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Personal Relationship—Murder Matthew 5:21-26

Here Christ teaches that murder is simply the manifestation of what is taking place in the heart and not just the act of physical murder. 

George Whitefield Clark—Verse 21: “Ye have heard. In the public reading and exposition of the law by the scribes. That it was said by them of old time. Correctly translated, ‘to those of old,’ or ‘to the ancients.’ Jesus is referring to the tress put upon the mere letter of the law by the scribes. They taught that this was the full meaning of the law, as given to the ancient people of God, and as confirmed by tradition. Christ is not speaking in opposition to Moses, or to the Old Testament, but to the false exposition of the Pharisees. Going beyond the mere letter, he shows the spirituality and the depth of the law, which in its application reaches the mind and the heart. Compare Paul's experience, Rom. 7:7-12. Thou shalt not kill. Ex. 20:13. Jesus begins with the second table of the law concerning duties to our neighbor; aud with the Law of Murder, a most obvious precept. The relation of man to man is more easily apprehended than that of man to God. And if men fail to come up to the requirements of the law in regard to their neighbor, much more would they be likely to fail to meet those higher requirements in regard to God. Indeed, failure in the former would be proof of failure in the latter, 1 John 4:20. And whosoever shall kill, etc. This was added by the traditions of the scribes, limiting the law to actual murder—the outward act—and making it merely an external legal enactment. Danger of the judgment. An inferior court among the Jews; constituted in every I city, in conformity with Deut. I6:18, consisting, according to Josephus, of seven persons, and having the power of slaying with the sword. Joseph. Ant. iv.8, 14.”  24 Philip Doddridge—Verse 22: “But I say unto you, That it was the design of God in this precept to prohibit extravagant passions and abusive language, as well as the most fatal effects of them in destroying the lives of each other: so that whosoever shall, without just cause, be angry with his brother, so as secretly to wish him evil, shall be obnoxious to the judgment, or shall be liable to a worse punishment from God than any that your common courts of judicature can inflict and whosoever to his secret anger shall add opprobrious and contemptuous words; or, for instance, shall say to his brother, Raca, that is, Thou worthless empty fellow, shall be exposed to yet more terrible effects of the Divine resentment, and be obnoxious to a yet severer punishment, that will as far exceed the former as that inflicted by the Sanhedrim, which extends to stoning, does that which follows on the judgment of the inferior courts, which only have the power of the sword, but whosoever, in his unreasonable passion, shall presume to say unto his brother, Thou fool, that is, Thou graceless wicked villain, thereby impeaching his moral character, as well as reflecting on his intellectual, shall be obnoxious to the fire of hell, or to a future punishment more dreadful even than that of being burnt alive in the valley of Hinnom, from whence you borrow the name of those infernal regions.”  25 Charles John Ellicott—Verses 23-24: “(23) If thou bring thy gift to the altar.—Literally, If thou shouldst be offering. Our Lord was speaking to Jews as such, and paints, therefore, as it were, a scene in the Jewish Temple. The worshipper is about to offer a ‘gift’ (the most generic term seems intentionally used to represent any kind of offering), and stands at the altar with the priest waiting to do his work. That is the right time for recollection and self-scrutiny. The worshipper is to ask himself, not whether he has a ground of complaint against any one, but whether any one has cause of complaint against him. This, and not the other, is the right question at such a moment—has he injured his neighbour by act, or spoken bitter words of him? (24) Leave there thy gift.—The words describe an act which would appear to men as a breach of liturgical propriety. To leave the gift and the priest, the act of sacrifice unfinished, would be strange and startling, yet that, our Lord teaches, were better than to sacrifice with the sense of a wrong unconfessed and unatoned for, and, a fortiori, better than the deeper evil of not being ready to forgive. The Talmud gives a curious rule, to which the words may perhaps allude: ‘If a man is on the point of offering the Passover, and remembers that there is any leaven left in the house, let him return to his house, and remove it, and then come and finish the Passover’ (Pesachim, f. 49). What the scribes laid down as a duty in regard to the ‘leaven of bread,’ our Lord applies to the leaven of malice and wickedness. Be reconciled.—It is not enough to see in this only a command to remove ill-will and enmity from our own mind, though that, of course, is implied. There must be also confession of wrong and the endeavour to make amends, to bring about, as far as in us lies, reconciliation, or at-one-ment..”  26 John Bird Sumner—Verses 25-26: “25. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 26. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. The only way of subduing the evil passions of envy, hatred , and malice, is to repress every hostile feeling in the first bud. Even acts of religious duty, however needful, are not so urgent as this; and till this is done, are displeasing rather than acceptable to God. It was an act of duty to bring a gift to the altar; Moses had commanded, (Deut. xvi. 16 .) ‘Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty; every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.’ This, then, was an appointed, acknowledged duty. But ill-will rankling at the heart would corrupt all: ‘for if a man love not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?’ How can he entertain that humble, lowly spirit which a befits a sinner in the presence of his Judge, a creature in the worship of his Creator, while towards his brethren on earth he cherishes a malicious, unrelenting disposition? What then is to done? Must the feeling remain, and excuse the neglect of God? as is sometimes implied , in the reasons which men plead for absenting themselves from the Church, or from the Lord’s Table? The way of duty is very different. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. But be reconciled without delay; common worldly prudence requires you to agree with an adversary quickly; we know the consequences which often follow obstinate and persevering hostility even in this world; it often involves men in difficulties from which they endeavour to extricate themselves in vain. How much more serious is delay, when every day, during which you cherish an unforgiving temper, increases your condemnation before God? If thou fallest within the verge of his wrath, how shalt thou escape? Thou hast nothing at all to pay, and yet the uttermost farthing shall be required. If man is our adversary, prudence warns us to seek a timely reconciliation . Let this remind us how dreadful it would be to remain with God for our adversary. ‘Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.’”  27 Endnotes 24   George W. Clark, Clark's Peoples Commentary: The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 1 (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1896), 73-74. 25   Philip Doddridge, The Works of the Rev. P. Doddridge, Volume 6 (Leeds: Edward Barnes, 1804), 214-207-208. 26   Charles John Ellicott, A New Testament Commentary for English Readers (Matthew-John), Volume 1 (Edinburg: The Calvin Translation Society, 1884), 26. 27   John Bird Sumner, A Practical Exposition of the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark, in the Form of Lectures (London: Hatchard & Son, 1831), 51-52.

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Pesach study session  (#4)

Studying the halacha as we head towards Pesach with Mishna tractate Pesachim.  Questions and insights are welcome!

Regarding the last post:

The Mishna is a compilation of oral traditions of Jewish law (Halacha) which was edited around the end of the 2nd century.

The Tosefta (’addition’) is also a compilation of oral traditions which was edited about two generations after the Mishna.  It presents a different perspective on Halacha.

The Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmud (or Gemara) are collections of rabbinic discussions on the Mishna. 

Besides the Mishna and Tosefta there are additional oral traditions called ‘Baraita’ (’external’), as they did not ‘make it’ into the main collection.  These are also sometimes quoted in the Talmud.   (some people consider the Tosefta a collection of Baraitot)

And now, what counts as hametz?

Chapter 2, Mishna 7

We may not soak bran for chickens [on Pesach]; but we may scald it. A woman may not soak the bran which she takes with her to the bathhouse, but may rub it on her body [when it is] dry. One may not chew [grains of] wheat and place them [as a salve] on his wound, because they will become leavened. 

Chapter 2, Mishna 8

We may not put flour into charoset [a sweet mixture of fruits and spices eaten with the bitter herbs] or into mustard; if one did [so], he should eat [it] immediately. But Rabbi Meir forbids [it]. We may not boil the Pesach sacrifice, not with drinks and not with fruit juices; but [after it has been roasted] we may dab it or dip it in them. Water which a baker uses [in making the dough] must be thrown away [immediately], because it becomes leavened.

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Punjabi - In Kalyug, you have total Darkness. Unless you have the Light ... Punjabi - In Kalyug, you have total Darkness. Unless you have the Light of God, you can't lead your life. https://youtu.be/HMD5Bi2JC0g Holy spirit, common sense, shatters the fetters of the dead letters, the Holy Books. JESUS HAD NO ONCE-BORN DISCIPLES BUT THE TWICE-BORN LABOURERS. His twice-born Labouring Solitary Brethren/Friends were called “Talmudism or Sikhs” and not the once-born natural disciples of the crook Rabbis who disciplined them through the moral laws of Moses. These Rabbinic Disciples did what their Rabbis told them to do – Once-born Hindu/Jew being the Disciples of their Brahmin/Rabbi, they are spiritually blind – HINDU ANAH. Thus, Saul being the Disciple of Rabbi Gamaliel did obey him obediently as required of him and persecuted the Labourers of Jesus but in his own heart or sub-conscience, he was not happy. For the Disciples doing what their Rabbis tell them to do, they are called spiritually blind with no Freedom or Freewill. Thus, the substitutes “Disciple and Lord” are the corruptions by the Messianic Jews to set up the same Temple system from the yoke of which Jesus set us FREE by giving his own life as the Lamb of God. 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Here are their names:- http://www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/photina.htm Holy Gospel of our Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc., delivered First by Jesus, the First Anointed Christ = Satguru of the highest living God Elohim that dwells within our Temple of God called Harmandir or “Emmanuel”. He was the First Anointed Light from our Father and Satguru = Christ Nanak, the Second Anointed Greatest of all the Christs because he had to confront the Kings and Emperors of Darkness of Khatri tribal people (less than one per cent Khatris adopted Sikhism against Jatts = Samaritans 70%) against the people of Judah tribe, the Princes of Darkness. THE GOSPEL IS CALLED “LOGO” AND LOGO IS THE EXTRACT/NECTAR OF “LOGICAL REASONING” – SATGUR PARSAD. Once-born people are incapable of logical reasoning and, therefore, the logo is for the twice-born people of discerning intellect called the “holy spirit”, surtti or “common sense”. So, if you want The Gospel, then you must think logically over your own heart. Thus, listen to everyone and ponder over it logically in your own heart. Then, the Gospel would be written over the living tablets of heart – 2corn 3. Scriptures, the dead letters are “deadly poison” to The Gospel. Scriptures, the “dead letters” that the once-born people are taught in the universities and colleges, are “old wines” or “milk for the babies”. This is the Jewish leaven which Jesus forbade. Law and Prophets were till John, the Baptist – Luke 16v16. After that the ERA of the holy spirit, which is discerning common sense as possessed by shepherds and farmers has started with the Advent of Christ Jesus who opened the low for humble and narrow for the solitary is opened into the Royal Kingdom of God Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc. No money, two shoes, two tunics, no scriptures = dead letters = Jewish Leaven is forbidden. The twice-born people of “discerning intellect” are like the “birds of the air” capable of “logical reasoning” to brew the “New Wine” within their own hearts. For this, you need to be “impartial and unbiased” as the little children are. Thus, you do not need to go to a university to know The Gospel but a heart burning for “The Gospel Treasures”. University degrees in “dead letters” will turn you into a super donkey carrying “Holy Books”. “Letter killeth, spirit giveth Life”. Typical Youtube Video on Son of God:- Son represents Father, so in Jesus, we are the sons of Elohim and we should display His qualities for Salvation. https://youtu.be/dQ8pSqeFjQw Natural bastards versus supernatural Bastards. My ebook has been published by Kindle. 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It’s that time again.

Springtime. The Paschal season. Aviv.

The season of rebirth, renewal, and too much bleeping rain.

The time of flowers blooming, bears waking, trees budding, eggs hatching, and Jews frantically cleaning their homes and screaming this crucial message into the void:

No, Christians, you should not have Passover seders.

"But why?” comes the eternal reply. “The Old Testament is part of our tradition too! Jesus celebrated Passover! Why can’t we?”

Read on, and I’ll tell you.

Well, for starters, there was no such thing as a seder in Jesus’s day, because the Second Temple was still standing. In those days, Jewish Passovers followed the guidelines set forth in the “Old Testament”, which mostly focused on 1) avoiding leavened foods for seven days, 2) slaughtering, roasting, and eating a sacrificial lamb at a first-night-of-Passover ceremonial meal that also included bitter herbs and unleavened matzah bread, and 3) seven days of additional animal sacrifices. That’s it. No fancy prayer service around the family table. No seder plate. No Four Questions, four cups, four sons, or...well, anything with the number four, actually. Rabbi Hillel liked to make his ceremonial lamb dinner into pita wraps, because he was generally full of great ideas, but that was the closest to the modern-day seder anybody got back then. For Jesus and his buddies, Passover was just flat bread, bitter herbs, and a literal heap of dead animals--with the dead animals being the primary focus of ritual and prayer.

So why did those customs change?

Necessity. The only place those sacrifices (or any sacrifices) were allowed to take place was at the Temple in Jerusalem, which worked out great while there was a Temple in Jerusalem. It did, however, pose a slight problem to Jews trying to follow God’s commandments after the Romans destroyed that Temple and kicked almost all the Jews out of their homeland in 70 C.E., about forty years after they crucified Jesus. (Long story short, the Zealots launched a military revolt that failed so hard, it’s still screwing the Jews over two millennia later. And then we tried to fight the Romans two other times, and failed even harder. Good times.) Most of the major sects of Judaism that existed at the time were completely centered on Temple sacrifices and Temple worship, and they died out fairly quickly. The exception was a certain sect mentioned repeatedly in the New Testament, which not only survived but blossomed, becoming the root of the Rabbinic Judaism practiced by more than 99% of Jews today:

The Pharisees.

That’s right: the recurring villains of the New Testament, the very Jewish group Christians usually deride as an obsolete example of inflexible religiosity disconnected from true faith, were in fact the group that managed to adapt to a Temple-less existence by shifting the focus from sacrificial rituals to prayer and study. (Admittedly, the Jews had already done this once during their 70-year exile to Babylonia following the destruction of the First Temple in 587 B.C.E., which is how the Pharisee sect came to exist in the first place. This time around, though, the problem was a lot more permanent.) This deviation from the written Law was justified by a belief that, along with the written Law, God had also given Moses an Oral Law, which was passed down, expounded on, and added to by generations of Jewish scholars. Between 200-500 C.E., those centuries of oral tradition and rabbinic rulings were written down, debated, and codified into the Talmud, the basis of most modern-day Jewish rituals. Among the many rituals prescribed by the Talmud was a replacement ritual for the first-night-of-Passover roast lamb sacrifice of old: the unique prayer service/Torah study/ceremonial meal known as the Passover seder.

The budding sect of Christianity, on the other hand, found its own solution to the “no more Temple” problem by claiming that Jesus’s death was the ultimate sacrifice rendering all further sacrifices unnecessary. This solution required Christianity to break completely with Judaism (human sacrifices and God having human avatars are both very big no-nos in Jewish thought), but it freed Christians to develop their own distinct religion with non-Jewish attributes, rituals, and values, rather than remain the minor sect of Judaism they’d begun as. In the decades after the destruction of the Temple, Christian leaders began preaching the doctrine of supersessionism, which claimed that Jesus had rendered Jewish law null and void (and continued Jewish practice, by extension, rebellion against God). That idea became foundational doctrine in both the Western and the Eastern Church, to the point of excommunicating Christians who promoted observance of “Old Testament” festivals and traditions and even going so far as to move the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday to avoid any hint of “Judaizing.”

The Talmud, needless to say, was never part of Christian tradition. In fact, Christian leaders repeatedly censored the Talmud because they considered parts of it to be blasphemous against Jesus and Mary--the earliest known incidence of this being in 521 C.E., only a few decades after the Talmud was finalized, though the heyday of Talmud censorship, bannings, and outright Talmud book-burnings at the hands of the Church was from 1239-1775 C.E.--and claims that the Talmud allowed Jews to treat Christians as subhuman were commonly used to incite Christian populations to attack Jewish communities. (Sadly, this particular antisemitic canard is still around today.) Christian leaders also spread lies about Passover rituals in particular, most notably that the unleavened matzah bread eaten on Passover--the one part of the original tradition Jews could still observe without the Temple--was made by mixing flour with the blood of Christian children the Jews kidnapped and murdered for that purpose. (Yes, that one is still around, too.) Jews in Christian countries managed to uphold their rituals and to preserve copies of the Talmud only at great personal risk and in defiance of Christian persecution.

So, tl;dr, what exactly is the problem with Christian seders?

The seder ritual was a replacement for the rituals of Jesus’s time. It was not part of his religious practice, nor of any of his followers. As such, the common claim by Christians that they hold Passover seders because “the Last Supper was a seder” is bogus. If you want to recreate the Last Supper, you’d better start learning how to ritually slaughter sheep.

The rabbis who devised the seder ritual represented the very same sect of Judaism Jesus repeatedly feuded with. Not wanting Jesus’s followers to take part in Pharisaic rituals is probably one of the very few things those rabbis and Jesus would both have agreed on.

Literally the only historical connection Christians have to the seder ritual is that your ancestors repeatedly tried to stamp it out, which is absolutely not grounds for you to claim it as part of your tradition. If it were up to Christianity, the seder tradition wouldn’t have survived long enough for modern-day Christians to appropriate.

The seder ritual is the Jewish solution to a specific theological problem (no Temple = no sacrifices) that Christianity has already solved in an entirely different way. Divorced from that background, the seder has no meaning. Easter is your seder, Christians. Jesus is your seder. That’s why your ancestors stopped celebrating Passover in the first place!

Stripping a Jewish ritual Christians had no part in creating--but a big part in suppressing--of its Jewish content and making it about Jesus instead is outright telling Jews that we’re doing our own religion wrong and our faith has no value beyond being a prelude to yours (even when, as here, the ritual in question DIDN’T PREDATE CHRISTIANITY). Which is something Christianity has been claiming for millennia, true, but taking it to this extreme is blatantly antisemitic and we’re tired of it.

Now that you know better, what can you do?

Reblog this post. Share it on other sites too, if you’d like. It won’t do much good if only Jews ever see it.

If your church, family, or other Christian gathering is hosting a so-called “seder,” don’t go! Better yet, explain to them why what they’re doing is antisemitic and appropriative. Christians who appropriate Jewish rituals are far more likely to listen to other Christian voices than they are to listen to Jews.

However, if a Jew invites you to their Passover seder, go! It’s part of the seder tradition to open your doors to guests, and being invited to take part is an entirely different animal than taking without permission. Plus, legit seders are awesome.

Have a happy Easter!

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This was written by a Rabbi Aaron Issachar Davids in Bergen Belsen 1943. The night of Passover, a group of Jews thought they should not to eat bread that night. The Rabbi explained to them, that their requirement was to do what they can to remain alive. In order to convince them, the Rabbi took a piece of bread made the blessing over bread and ate it in front of them. Before he put the bread in his mouth, he said this prayer that he had written together with other Rabbis from Holland.

Translation: Before eating leavened bread, say [this] with an heartfelt intent: 

Our Father in heaven, behold it is revealed and known before you that our will [is] to do your will and celebrate the holiday of Passover with the eating of unleavened bread (Matzah) and with guarding from leavened bread (Chametz). However on this [matter] our hearts are anguished: that the subjugation prevents us and we are found in a life-threatening [situation]. Behold [here] we are prepared and ready to fulfill Your commandment "and live in them (*)" (Lev. 18:5) and to guard Your warning "guard yourself and guard your soul well (Deut. 4:9)". Therefore, our prayer to You, [is] that You give us life, and maintain us, and redeem us speedily [in order] to keep Your statutes and to do Your Will and to serve You with complete hearts. Amen.

(*)and not that he die in them

The asterisk refers to the Talmudic lesson that is derived from the verse in Lev. 18:5. "And live in them" implies that one should not die in them. Them over here meaning, the commandments. It's the imperative to only follow the commands if they don't cause life-endangerment (with some exceptions).

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath